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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the financial viability and affordability of the child care sector in addition to the single affordable child care scheme. [22428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that will be availing of the targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme; and the number of persons that will avail of the universal level of subsidy. [22429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that a larger number of child minders will be eligible providers under the single affordable child care scheme. [22430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (16 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will continue as an ETB in the Carlow area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (16 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the roles, responsibilities and the executive function of an ETB CEO when communicating with parents when their school is at risk of closure. [22908/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (16 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the roles and responsibilities of the ETB school board of management of a school (details supplied) when identifying a school has low intake of first years and is impacting on retaining staff levels to deliver a full curriculum; and the governance for recommending for closure. [22909/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (16 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the roles and responsibilities of the Kilkenny and Carlow ETB and its members when identifying a school has a low intake of first years and that this is impacting on retaining staff levels to deliver a full curriculum; and the governance for recommending for closure. [22911/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of the new special educational needs model was a detrimental factor in the closure of a school (details supplied); and the number of teachers the school would lose based on the new calculation. [22910/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Data (16 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons recruited to jobpass in the years 2015 and 2016 (details supplied); the number of persons initially signed up each year; the number of persons who completed year one and went on to complete year two; the number of persons who gained employment in Gort, Loughrea, Athenry, Tuam and Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement...

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for bringing forward the motion and giving us the opportunity to highlight the issue. I listened to the Minister of State intently. In part, the motion was brought forward to enable us as an Opposition party to do our duty by holding the Government to account as the insurance business affects people's lives. The cost of insurance impacts on households,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 239. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include asthma in the long-term illness scheme or on another targeted scheme such as a chronic disease card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23545/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 240. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct a study to show savings his Department could make regarding accident and emergency visits, bed occupancy or primary care visits from asthma sufferers and those diagnosed with asthma if they were to have access to preventative asthma medication either through a long-term illness scheme or a chronic disease card; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to extend the deadline for knowledge transfer in view of the fact that the online system is not working to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23529/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Freeman for proposing the issue and for affording us the opportunity to have this discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I am sorry. It was a very open and frank discussion. It is probably one of the most sobering presentations we have had. I have been observing progress accordingly as the reports have been produced and since I became spokesperson on children. The first report of which I became aware was the annual report from June 2016 and that is where I will start. It stated that in the course of 2015...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: My question has not been answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: What immediate action will be taken in a case such as the one I have highlighted where a child was not on site and deemed missing by a HIQA inspection? What was the follow-up in regard to the 72 other cases of significant risk identified in the HIQA annual report 2016?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Would it be a routine finding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Is it routine that a child be discovered missing when an inspection is being carried out ? That is absolutely shocking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Findings of HIQA Statutory Foster Care Service Inspection Reports: Discussion (17 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I am not satisfied with the answer I have received in regard to the 72 cases. It has not been clarified what was identified in the report as to the action plan in regard to the 72 cases? We are only talking about 12 months ago. The Grace case occurred over 30 years ago. We are not moving forward. My question relates to monitoring, follow-up and the policy governing those issues.